Zhao Zixu nodded with satisfaction.
Zhao Zixu talked about the scholars who passed the imperial examination this year. "There is no shortage of talented people among the successful candidates this year. I am particularly optimistic about Pei Xuan'an. He can be called the second Bao Changzhou. He is the youngest third place winner in our dynasty after your father-in-law and Bao Changzhou. Although he is young, he is rare in his composure."
It was rare for Ye Zelin to hear His Majesty praise someone, so he thought Pei Xuan'an must be a talented person. If he had the chance, he would like to meet this person.
"Your Majesty, won't you be attending the Qionglin Banquet?"
Zhao Zixu said, "I just have to show my face."
"Since you don't like to join in the fun, why don't you play a game with me?" Zhao Zixu hadn't played against Ye Zelin for a long time, and he couldn't help feeling a little itchy.
Ye Zelin smiled and said, "That's exactly what I meant."
Zhao Zixu ordered someone to bring the chessboard and chess pieces, and the king and his minister, who were equally skilled in chess, began to play the game.
Ye Zelin seemed to have forgotten that there was someone waiting for him in the garden.
After chatting with Ling Zhiheng, he found a place out of the sun, sat quietly with his back against a log, and admired the gorgeous roses in bloom out of boredom.
Ling Zhiheng promised Ye Zelin that he would take good care of the flowers, but people are always in a hurry.
"Sister-in-law, I'm going to the bathroom and will be back soon."
Hua Fushu didn't look at Ling Zhiheng, and waved casually, "Go ahead."
Ling Zhiheng stood up, strode out of the garden and went to find the guest room.
"Little Divine Doctor Hua, who are you waiting for? Are you waiting for me?"
A man's voice sounded, with a hint of frivolity in his tone.
The visitor was a young man of about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, wearing a scarlet robe with wide sleeves. He was none other than Han Xingxiu, the top scholar in the imperial examination.
Hua Fushu looked back and met the face of the person who came. His eyes darkened slightly, but his eyelashes raised slightly, and his tone revealed a hint of disdain.
She said, "Who did I think it was? It turned out to be Han Zhuangyuan, the arrogant yet humble-as-an-ant."
Hua Fushu's words fell into Han Xingxiu's ears, bringing back those extremely unpleasant memories. The smug look on his face instantly faded, replaced by a long-lost frenzy.
He pointed at Hua Fushu, and poked his slender finger straight in front of Hua Fushu, "Hua Fushu, how dare you!"
This woman wants to humiliate him again like she did before!
Even though he is now the top scorer in this exam, in the eyes of this ungrateful woman, he is still as lowly as an ant.
Hua Fushu was extremely disgusted with Han Xingxiu's arrogant look, and he even pointed his dirty finger at her!
The uncle could bear it, but the aunt couldn't either, so she grabbed Han Xingxiu's dirty hands, pulled and bent them, and there was a cracking sound from the bones.
Han Xingxiu's face was distorted and he looked painful.
Hua Fushu pushed the man away again with disgust, his movements quick and smooth, and Han Xingxiu took several steps back.
He bumped into a log post and avoided falling into the rose bushes.
The branches of roses have sharp thorns. If you fall into the flowers, you will probably be hurt by the thorns.
Han Xingxiu stood up straight, ignoring the pain, and said with wide eyes, "I am the top scorer of this year's exam, a disciple of the emperor. How dare you be so rude to me?"
Hua Fushu stood up slowly, dusted himself off, and looked at Han Xingxiu calmly. He said lightly, "Why can't you feel your presence in front of your peers and the people of Tokyo? You come to me to try to feel your presence in front of me."
"Hua Fushu, you humiliated me in front of everyone back then. From now on, I will definitely repay you a hundredfold!"
Hearing this, Hua Fushu couldn't help but sneer.
She humiliated him?
What a big mouth that confuses right and wrong!
"I humiliated you? Didn't you kneel before everyone, humbly begging me to heal your father? It's only been a short time, and you've forgotten it. But I haven't forgotten the pitiful look on your face back then, rubbing your own dignity on the ground."
After the Xinglin Ceremony ended that year, she temporarily lived in the home of her sworn brother, the head of the Huo family. One day, a man suddenly knelt in front of the Huo family's door and asked to see her, who was famous in the Xinglin world at that time.
This person is the current Han Xingxiu.
Han Xingxiu knelt in front of the Huo family's door for a whole day, begging her to treat his father Han Tuizhi.
Initially, she refused to treat Han Xingxiu because he was an accomplice in the murder of her master's family. However, Han Xingxiu shamelessly claimed that she had promised him to treat his father but then broke her promise, attracting a large crowd to watch outside the Huo family's gate.
She knew that Han Xingxiu was using public opinion to force her, so she specifically asked her master for his opinion. Her master said that she had grown up and should deal with the things she faced on her own.
She said in front of all the onlookers, "My dear, I clearly do not know you, nor have I ever met you, let alone made any promise to heal your father. Yet you claim that I promised you to heal your father. This is a pure false accusation against me and an insult to my reputation! I know you are eager to save your father, but you should not insult my reputation. You must clarify this to everyone and tell me that you are the one who slandered me. Restore my reputation, and then I can save your father."
Han Xingxiu then reluctantly admitted that he had slandered her.
Han Xingxiu's act of publicly asking her to cure Han's physical condition was extremely insidious, and was essentially intended to destroy her reputation.
Reputation is very important for a doctor. If her reputation of not saving a dying person spreads, it will have a huge impact on her future medical career and may even lead to her being unable to practice medicine in the future.
There are so many doctors in Lanling, and many of them are better than her in medical skills. Han Xingxiu knelt down and begged her to save Han Tuizhi. It was clearly intentional.
She still remembers Han Xingxiu's angry, unwilling and humiliated face.
Ugly and helpless look.
Han Xingxiu looked down at Hua Fushu and said angrily, "I am now a disciple of the Emperor, and I will rise to great heights in the future. You are just a lowly commoner. In terms of status, you are inferior to me. What qualifications do you have to boss me around?"
Hua Fushu thought to himself, why is this person so mean that he has to pick a fight?
It ruined her good mood of enjoying the flowers and waiting for her husband.
She was under the emperor's feet and couldn't kick Han Xingxiu away with one kick.
"Han Xingxiu, you've just eaten the emperor's food and you've become so arrogant that you're barking and yelling in front of this young master! My husband is a major general and the emperor's tutor, and my father is a general. Who do you think you are, to dare to show off in front of this young master?"
Han Xingxiu was furious. This woman actually called him a dog!
He is the top scholar and a disciple of the emperor!
He snorted coldly, "Tomorrow, I can let everyone in the capital know that you, Young Master Lanling, are the kind of person who looks down on scholars and does not help those in need!
Hua Fushu could no longer bear it. This bastard was getting more and more mean. He became the top scholar and thought he was great. He barked like a dog in front of her. She raised her foot and kicked Han Xingxiu in the lower body.
"ah--"
Han Xingxiu screamed loudly, his face distorted with pain.
"You dare to destroy my reputation? I guarantee that tomorrow all of Tokyo will be filled with your scandal, Han Xingxiu, and the shameful act of your Han family aiding and abetting the evil and slaughtering my master's entire clan!"
"You dare?" Han Xingxiu grinned.
Hua Fushu said slowly, "So, you'd better not mess with me. If I get upset one day, I'll stop giving your father his medicine!"
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